Grapheme clusters, a.k.a.real characters

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Rhodri James <rhodri at kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
> On 18/07/17 16:27, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:38:48 -0400, Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com>
>> declaimed the following:
>>
>>> Define "native" then. My interpretation of "native English words" is
>>> "anything you wouldn't have to put in italics to use in a sentence".
>>> Which would also include "continuum".
>>>
>>
>>         Probably would have to go to words predating the Roman occupation
>> (which probably means a dialect closer to Welsh or other Gaelic).
>> Everything later is an import (anglo-saxon being germanic tribes invading
>> south, Vikings in the central area, as I recall southern Irish displacing
>> Picts in Scotland, and then the Norman French (themselves starting from
>> Vikings ["nor(se)man"]).
>
>
> Sorry, but even the Gaels/Gauls were invaders :-)

If we go back far enough, I'm pretty sure the only true Englishman is
a sentient cup of tea.

ChrisA